Tony Awards: 1998

All winners are listed in boldfaced type.

BEST DRAMATIC PLAY

Art

Yasmine Reza (playwright)
David Pugh, Sean Connery, Joan Cullman (producers)

Freak

John Leguizamo (playwright)
Arielle Teper, Bill Haber, Gregory Mosher (producers)

Golden Child

David Henry Hwang (playwright)
Benjamin Mordecai, Dori Berinstein, John Kao, Talia Shire, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, South Coast Repertory, The Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival, American Conservatory Theater (producers)

The Beauty Queen of Leenane

Martin McDonagh (playwright)
Atlantic Theater Company, Randall Wreghitt, Chase Mishkin, Steven M. Levy, Leonard Soloway, Julian Schlossberg, Norma Langworthy, The Druid Theatre Company/Royal Court Theatre (producers)

BEST MUSICAL PLAY

The Lion King
- Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi (book)
- Elton John, Tim Rice, Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, and Hans Zimmer (music and lyrics)
- Walt Disney Theatrical Productions (producers)
Ragtime

Terrence McNally (book)
Stephen Flaherty (music)
Lynn Ahrens (lyrics)
Livent U.S., Inc. (producer)

Side Show

Bill Russell (book and lyrics)
Henry Krieger (music)
Emanuel Azenberg, Joseph Nederlander, Herschel Waxman, Janice McKenna, Scott Nederlander (producers)

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Nan Knighton (book and lyrics)
Frank Wildhorn (music)
Pierre Cossette, Bill Haber, Hallmark Entertainment, Ted Forstmann, Kathleen Raitt (producers)

BEST REVIVAL OF A PLAY

A View From the Bridge

Roundabout Theatre Company – Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, Roger Berlind, James M. Nederlander, Nathaniel Kramer, Elizabeth Ireland McCann, Roy Gabay, Old Ivy Productions (producers)

Ah, Wilderness!

Lincoln Center Theatre – Andre Bishop, Bernard Gersten (producers)

The Chairs

Bill Kenwright, Carole Shorenstein Hays, Scott Rudin, Stuart Thompson, Theatre de Complicite/Royal Court Theatre (producers)

The Diary of Anne Frank

David Stone, Amy Nederlander-Case, Jon B. Platt, Jujamcyn Theaters, Hal Luftig, Harriet Newman Leve, James D. Stern – Tony Randall (producer)

BEST REVIVAL OF A MUSICAL

Cabaret

Roundabout Theatre Company – Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard (producers)

1776

Roundabout Theatre Company – Todd Haimes, Ellen Richard, James M. Nederlander, Stewart F. Lane, Rodger Hess, Bill Haber, Robert Halmi Jr., Dodger Endemol Theatricals, Hallmark Entertainment (producers)

The Sound of Music

Hallmark Entertainment, Thomas Viertel, Steven Baruch, Richard Frankel, Jujamcyn Theaters, The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization, Charles Kelman Productions, Simone Genatt Haft, Marc Routh, Jay Binder, Robert Halmi Jr. (producers)

BEST ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Anthony LaPaglia – A View From the Bridge
Richard Briers – The Chairs
John Leguizamo – Freak
Alfred Molina – Art

BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Marie Mullen – The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Jane Alexander – Honour
Allison Janney – A View From the Bridge
Geraldine McEwan – The Chairs

BEST ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Alan Cumming – Cabaret
Peter Friedman – Ragtime
Brian Stokes Mitchell – Ragtime
Douglas Sills – The Scarlet Pimpernel

BEST ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Natasha Richardson – Cabaret
Betty Buckley – Triumph of Love
Marin Mazzie – Ragtime
Alice Ripley and Emily Skinner – Sideshow

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Tom Murphy – The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Brian F. O’Byrne – The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Sam Trammell – Ah, Wilderness!
Max Wright – Ivanov

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PLAY

Anna Manahan – The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Enid Graham – Honour
Linda Lavin – The Diary of Anne Frank
Julyana Soelistyo – Golden Child

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Ron Rifkin – Cabaret
Gregg Edelman – 1776
John McMartin – High Society
Samuel E. Wright – The Lion King

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL PLAY

Audra McDonald – Ragtime
Anna Kendrick – High Society
Tsidii Le Loka – The Lion King
Mary Louise Wilson – Cabaret

BEST DIRECTOR OF A DRAMATIC PLAY

Garry Hynes – The Beauty Queen of Leenane
Michael Mayer – A View From the Bridge
Simon McBurney – The Chairs
Matthew Warchus – Art

BES DIRECTOR OF A MUSICAL PLAY

Julie Taymor – The Lion King
Scott Ellis – 1776
Frank Galati– Ragtime
Sam Mendes with Rob Marshall – Cabaret

BEST CHOREOGRAPHER

Garth Fagan – The Lion King
Graciela Daniele – Ragtime
Forever Tango Dancers – Forever Tango
Rob Marshall – Cabaret

BEST SCORE

Stephen Flaherty (music) and Lynn Ahrens (lyrics) – Ragtime
Henry Krieger (music) and Bill Russell (lyrics) – Side Show
Paul Simon (music) and Derek Walcott (lyrics) – The Capeman
Elton John, Tim Rice, Lebo M., Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin, Julie Taymor, and Hans Zimmer (music and lyrics) – The Lion King

BEST BOOK OF A MUSICAL

Terrence McNally – Ragtime
Bill Russell – Side Show
Roger Allers and Irene Mecchi – The Lion King
Nan Knighton – The Scarlet Pimpernel

BEST ORCHESTRATIONS

William David Brohn – Ragtime
Robert Elhai, David Metzger and Bruce Fowler – The Lion King
Michael Gibson – Cabaret
Stanley Silverman – The Capeman

BEST SCENIC DESIGNER

Richard Hudson – The Lion King
Bob Crowley – The Capeman
Eugene Lee – Ragtime
Quay Brothers – The Chairs

BEST COSTUME DESIGNER

Julie Taymor – The Lion King
William Ivey Long – Cabaret
Santo Loquasto – Ragtime
Martin Pakledinaz – Golden Child

BEST LIGHTING DESIGNER

Donald Holder – The Lion King
Paul Anderson – The Chairs
Peggy Eisenhauer and Mike Baldassari – Cabaret
Jules Fisher and Peggy Eisenhauer – Ragtime

REGIONAL THEATRE AWARD

Denver Center Theatre Company

SPECIAL TONY AWARDS FOR LIFETIME AHCIEVEMENT IN THE THEATRE

Ben Edwards
Edward E. Colton

TONY HONOR

The International Theatre Institute of the United States

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